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Copyright 1888. 

Hard & Parsons, 

New York. 



THE PAGEANT. 




S0UND as if from bells of silver, 

Wr elfin cymbals smitten clear 
bnouol^ tl;>e frost-pictured panes, c) bear. 



Wbat miracle of weird transformina 

3n tbis wild worb of frost and liabt, 
(^bis alimpse of alory infinite. 



(^be lewels loosen on tbe brancbes, 

Wnd li^b^ly CIS tbe soft wmds blow, 
nail, tinbima, on tbe ice below. 



AN ALPINE PICTURE. 



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TAND \)Q?Q and look, and softly f^old your breath 

Qest \\)Q vast avalancbe conne crasbma down ! 
rlow many miles away is yonder town 

^et flowen-wise in t^e valley? Par beneatf) — 
y scimiter balf drawn from out its s^eatl^ — 

^\)Q river curves throual} meadows newly mown ; 
(^\)Q ancient water courses are all strown 

Witp drifts of snow, fantastic wreath on wreatp ; 
y, tell me, love, if this be Switzerland — 

Wr IS it but tbe frost-worl^ on t^e pane? 



T. B. Aldrich. 



FROST MOSAICS. 

^*vEE, bow \\)Q sun s bn^^t fire 

Mas deepened all tbe alow 
yf tinted rose and sapbire, 

Pairy areen, — and lo, 
^be qolden liabt tbat wavers 
Its soft transparency, 
Molds now tbe mystic colors 

Qnsbnned in brilliancy. 

rKosaics tbese of Kature, 

9n dainty frost-work araced ; 
Ron fancy many a picture 

%j\)Q felrtist bond bas traced. 
Mere, icy summits, towenna, 

Depict a stately fane ; 
Wbose walls of leweled splendor 
^till of tbe sunliabt aam. 



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ENEATH tbe froil, lipbt tracing 

yf ivoned dome and spire, 
— Wbene inlaid pearl and lasper 

^ecrete tl^e sun s deep fire,- 
l'\ise columns, \)i(^\)^ aspinnn 
9n intricate desian, 
(^o rival by ti^eir beauty 

^)\)e fame of paaan serine. 

Within tl^ese sacred porfals 

Ko paaan foot \)a\\) trod; 
dnsullied, stands tl^e temple 

Idy Kature raised to t^od. 
lout hearts berein may worship, 
9n purity of tpouabt ; 
Wnd bence, return, ennobled, 

Witb bolien wisdom frauabt. 

Annie C. McQueen. 



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